With election night less than two weeks away, an incumbent in the Salem City Council race says...
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An astrophysicist at a local University will be using NASA’s most advanced telescope to answer questions about...
Virginia education officials point to a surprising culprit to explain the Commonwealth’s NAEP results. WFIR’s Emma Thomas...
Reading and math test scores are down for 4th and 8th graders across the nation with Virginia’s...
Perhaps its in the back of your mind as well – making a change from the corporate...
Roanoke County is inviting the public to give their input on potential routes for a future corridor...
TAP has announced the goal for its annual fiscal year Bringing Hope Home fundraising challenge – $300,000...
Its called “My City Academy,” an initiative desiged to draw Roanoke’s immigrant and refugee population closer to...
A parking lot painted with simulated streets, bike lanes, railroad crossings – along with “Stop” and “Yield”...
Attorney John P. Fishwick, Jr. holds a news conference today at 2pm outside his office on Franklin...
A ribbon-cutting this morning at the old Melrose Library branch on Salem Turnpike near the Lansdowne Park...
The demolition of the Ramada Inn and Conference Center has been underway since late August. Roanoke City...
A local community college has partnered with Steel Dynamics to offer a handful of employees the opportunity...
Its called the “Gateway Overlay District,” which reduces some of the red tape for development projects around...
Its mission has changed slightly but now Friends of the Blue Ridge – they dropped “Parkway” from...